We learned a lot about the “next generation” Apple CarPlay at WWDC 2024. Now, BlackBoxInfinite has tried rebuilding classic layouts from cars like the Acura NSX and Ferrari Testarossa in Apple’s framework.
This might not change anyone’s feelings about touchscreens replacing hardware in your dash, but it shows where Porsche and the others could take things in the future.
LG used double-stacked OLED technology for in-car screens even before it popped up in Apple’s new iPad Pros. Next up are laptops like Dell’s new XPS 13 AI PC.
Here’s what LG claims tandem OLED does for laptops:
It can deliver double the lifespan and triple the brightness of a conventional single-layer OLED display, while reducing power consumption by up to 40 percent...LG Display has been able to make it around 40 percent thinner and 28 percent lighter than existing OLED laptop screens
The iconic Mexican singer Juan Gabriel is the subject of a new eight-episode podcast series from Apple, hosted by journalist Maria Garcia, who also created Anything for Selena.
The first two My Divo episodes will premiere July 1st for everyone, with weekly releases afterward, but Apple TV Plus subscribers can connect their accounts and listen to all eight on day one.
According to one witness who escaped, explosive combustion in one battery cell caused a rapidly spreading fire as other cells exploded continuously at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, reports Yonhap (English, Korean), along with Arirang.
18 of the people killed were from China. Reuters reports a fire official said most were temporary hires and likely unfamiliar with the structure of the building.
The first wave of Copilot Plus PCs has landed, and iFixit has already posted a Surface Pro and Surface Laptop teardown.
There’s no magic AI dust to fix the Recall mess, but they are notably repairable, with icons and QR codes to ease the process if that affects your buying decision. Expect more from us soon about how these match up with Microsoft’s promises.
Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter looks at “difficult trade-offs” Apple has to make as it prioritizes a cheaper headset (including maybe relying on a tethered iPhone or Mac) and continues work on a second-gen Vision Pro.
He also described details of Apple’s “renewed” efforts on the wear-all-day lightweight AR spectacles dream that Meta and Google are also chasing:
Though a launch date around 2027 has been bandied about, no one I’ve spoken to within Apple believes the glasses will be ready in a few years.
Said Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac while revealing the 1,800-horsepower Tourbillon, which also has three electric motors and is due in 2026, succeeding the Veyron and Chiron.
So yes, it is crazy to build a new V16 engine, to integrate with a new battery pack and electric motors and to have a real Swiss-made watchmaker instrument cluster and 3D-printed suspension parts and a Crystal Glass center console...Without that kind of ambition, you might create a great hyper sports car, but you wouldn’t create an icon Pour l’éternité’.
At WWDC, Apple announced a deal with OpenAI to make ChatGPT available for certain tasks on iPhones with iOS 18 and other devices (as long as you aren’t in the EU). Execs also mentioned Google Gemini, but the list doesn’t end there, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In addition to Google and Meta, AI startups Anthropic and Perplexity also have been in discussions with Apple to bring their generative AI to Apple Intelligence, said people familiar with the talks.
